Malcolm, Gary

L,

It does put a damper on the fun to say the least. However, this really could
be the turning point. Vino disgraced, Astana out, Cofidis out, The Yellow
Jersey stripped, Rasty fired and Rabobank unlikely to start tomorrow. This
could go a long way toward making riders unwilling to dope themselves and
more likely to pressure their peers into clean riding. At the very least,
the sponsors deep pockets are going to dry up nullifying the root cause of
all this stupidity. The glaring spotlight on the problem is the best
disinfectant.

My solution would also to include the lifetime banning of support staff for
these riders... and the subsequent banning of those groups who maintain
professional contact with banned persons.

Oh... and unlike David Millar - I'm glad they didn't stop for a moment of
silence to commemorate Tom Simpson (the rider who died 40 years ago due to
excessive Meth consumption).

Gary Malcolm

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From: Lisa [mailto:karmarenoir@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 4:17 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] le Tour

It sucks that each year seems to get worse with all the doping...sure woulda
been nice if all this had been examined and released prior to the start like
last year instead of making us sit thru all the BS now

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